TO: | Honorable Kip Averitt, Chair, Senate Committee on Natural Resources |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | SB1572 by Hinojosa (Relating to land reclamation projects using tires. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted |
The bill would require that no land reclamation project using scrap tires could begin without a permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), and that the TCEQ approval of such permits would be contingent upon approval from specific local authorities.
Although passage of the bill would result in a new permitting function for the TCEQ, because reclamation projects currently only require notice and authorization from the agency, any additional costs are expected to be absorbed using current agency resources.
Source Agencies: | 582 Commission on Environmental Quality
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LBB Staff: | JOB, WK, TL
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